[Release] vSphere 5.0 Update 3 and ESXi 5.1 Build 1312873

Although VMware recently released vSphere 5.5 the older versions 5.0 and 5.1 are still actively maintained (as per their Lifecycle Product Matrix). Yesterday they released vCenter 5.0 and ESXi 5.0 Update 3 and a new patch for ESXi 5.1 (Build 1312873).

All new releases contains many bug fixes and some security fixes. Here are the links to the lists of fixes:

• vCenter 5.0 Update 3 Release Notes
• ESXi 5.0 Update 3: esx-base, misc-drivers, scsi-hpsa, tools-light
• ESXi 5.1 Build 1312873: esx-base and misc-drivers, net-ixgbe, tools-light, 

Carefully read through these fixes and update if you are affected by one of them.

I updated my VIB matrix to include the new ESXi builds.

Update: I just noticed that vCenter 5.1 was also updated:

• vCenter 5.1 Update 1c Release Notes

And HP's Customized ESXi 5.0 image was also updated to U3 already.

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This post first appeared on the VMware Front Experience Blog and was written by Andreas Peetz. Follow him on Twitter to keep up to date with what he posts.

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